When Oliver loses his job and his lover in the space of a few months he feels, aged 38, that the best of his life is behind him…
Unexpectedly his life is transformed when he encounters an extraordinarily beautiful red-head on a train just minutes before a stranger offers him cash to courier a mysterious package out of the country. Money, travel and adventure are suddenly within his grasp and so, amazingly, is the young man to share them with. But when dreams come true the aftermath is seldom predictable and Oliver finds himself drawn into the outer orbits of a shadowy world of art theft and drug smuggling, and into a relationship whose roller-coaster progress will test him to his limits.
Getting Orlando is a novel of adventure, travel and romantic obsession.
Reviews:
…a taut thriller which vividly evokes southern Europe, in particular the vast expanses of Spain. …the final lines are profoundly shocking – Peter Burton
…successfully creates the gay love story within this action-packed adventure – Gay Times
Unexpectedly his life is transformed when he encounters an extraordinarily beautiful red-head on a train just minutes before a stranger offers him cash to courier a mysterious package out of the country. Money, travel and adventure are suddenly within his grasp and so, amazingly, is the young man to share them with. But when dreams come true the aftermath is seldom predictable and Oliver finds himself drawn into the outer orbits of a shadowy world of art theft and drug smuggling, and into a relationship whose roller-coaster progress will test him to his limits.
Getting Orlando is a novel of adventure, travel and romantic obsession.
Reviews:
…a taut thriller which vividly evokes southern Europe, in particular the vast expanses of Spain. …the final lines are profoundly shocking – Peter Burton
…successfully creates the gay love story within this action-packed adventure – Gay Times
